Drawer



Patented Mar. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES LOUIS F. DETTENBORN, OF HARTFORD,CONNECTICUT DRAWER Application filed April 30, "1925.

This invention relates to sliding drawers, and finds particularreference to drawers of the type which are open at one side and areadapted to be slid into a forward position and then swung laterally soas to expose the contents. It is to be understood that, whileI haveshown, in the accompanying drawings,

my improvements incorporated in a drawer of the character justdescribed, the invention is susceptible of different modifications,

changes and applications, and my improvements may be applied toa drawerwhich is opened other than at the side.

The aim of the present invention is to provide an improved arrangementwhich has various features of novelty and advantage, and which isparticularly characterized by its simplicity in construction, itseconomy in manufacture, its effectiveness in operation, by itsdurability and strength, and by its compactness. In a structure made inaccordance with the present invention, there is no waste of space or thenecessity of forwardly projecting shelves or ledges. The followers,which support the drawers when the latter are in their foremostpositions, and on which followers, in some instances, the drawers may bepivoted on vertical axes, are so constructed and guided that theyrequire but very little spaceand fold snugly up against the rear wallsof the drawers.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out more indetail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein I have shown, for illustrativepurposes, one of the various and many embodiments which the presentinvention may take:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet having a series of drawersto which my improvements are applied, one of the drawers being shown inopen position;

Fig. 2 is a top View of one of the drawers and its casing, the drawerbeing shown in Serial No. 27,043.

full open position and the top of the casing being removed;

Fig. 3 is an inverted view of the top or cover of the casing shown inFig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view I through the casing and follower,this view being taken substantially on line H of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numerals 10 designate drawers,each of which is adapted to be slid into and out of a compartmentprovided by a suitable framework, casing or cabinet. In Fig. 1, I haveshown the compartments as being contiguously arranged side by side; and,in Fig. 2, I have shown the casing as having but a single compartment.It is to be understood, of course, that my improvements may beincorporated in cabinets wherein the rows of drawers are placed one ontop of the other as well ing side Walls 11, a rear wall 12, a bottom 13,

and a top 14. The term casing is used in its generic sense and forconvenience in terminology.

In accordance with the present invention, the drawer is pivoted, as bymeans of a hinge 15, to a follower 16, and means are provided for soguiding the follower that, when the drawer is opened, the followerextends longitudinally of the casing, as shown by full lines Fig. 2;and, when the drawer is in closed position, the follower extendstransversely of the casing and is positioned between the rear wall ofthe drawer and the rear of the casing, as shown by dotted lines Fig. 2.In the present illustrative disclosure, the follower is in uprightposition, and the drawer is pivoted to the follower on a vertical axis.Provided in the opposed walls of the casing, inthe present instance inthe top and bottom of the casing, are a pair of curved grooves orchannels, respectively designated by the numerals 18 and 19. Thesechannels are in vertical alinement with each other and extend rearwardlyand transversely from a point along one side of the casing towards therear wall and the opposite side of the casing. In the present instance,wherein the drawer is shown as having but a single follower, which is ofsubstantially the same length as the width of the casing, the grooves 18and 19 eX tend from one side of the casing to the far rear corner of thecasing. The follower, adjac'ent its rearend, is provided, at its top andbottom, respectively, with guide pins 20 and 21 adapted to respectivelyengage and ride in the grooves 18 and 19. By preference, oneor both ofthe forward ends of the grooves terminate short of the open end of thecasing at such a point as to limit the. forward move ment of thefollower to a position where the drawer may be swung into open position.In the present illustrative disclosure, .1 have shown one of thegrooves, for example the groove 18, as having, at its forward end, atransverse extension 25, the purpose of which is to facilitate theassembly of the follower in the casing. For the purpose of holding thefollower in upright position, a small cleat or block 26 secured to theunder side of the top 14 may be provided.

When it is desired to assemble the parts,

the casing may first be put together without the cleat 26 being attachedto the top, and then the follower is inserted into the casing in aninclined position, as shown by dotted lines F ig. 4, and the lower stud21 engaging in the forward end of the groove 19 and the upper stud 20 inregistry with the extension groove 25. The follower may then be swunginto the upright position shown by full lines Fig. 4:, and then thecleat 26 may be secured in place. When it is desired to gain access tothe contents of the drawer, the drawer may be pulled out and then swungto the position shown in Fig. 2. When the drawer is: thus pulled out,the forward end of the follower follows the left hand side of thedrawer, and i the rear end of the follower is guided by the grooves 18and 19 so that the follower "-is moved from the transverse positionshown by dotted lines Fig. 2 to the full line position shown in thatfigure. When the drawer is moved into closed position, the followermoves back into the dotted line position shown in .Fig. 2 and in whichposition it is 7 located between and engages the rear wall of the drawerand the rear wall of the cas- F rom'the foregoing description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that mystructure is extremely simple, durable, efficient and economical. Thefollower requires but very litle space so that substantially the drawermay be of the same size as the compartment of'the casing.

Y It will be also observed that the parts may be very readily assembledand disassembled.

AS I a-11y changescould be made in the above construct on and manyapparently r widely different embodiments of this 1nyention could bemade without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that allmatter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanyingdrawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

It is also to be understood that the language usedthe following claimsis intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of theinvention herein described and all statments of the scope of theinvention which, as a matter of language, might be said to falltherebetween.

I claim as my invention: 1. A cabinet having a drawer receivingcompartment and a curved guide extending along one side and across theback of the compartment, a single drawer supporting follower engagingthe guide in said compartment, said follower adapted for movementforwardly on the guide into contact with said side to brace the followerthereagainst,

and a drawer hingedly connected at one inner edge to said follower toadmit swinging of the drawer when withdrawn from the compartment to oneside thereof.

2; A cabinet having a drawer receiving compartment therein and a curvedguide in the rear portion of the compartment extending across the backand along one side thereof, a flat leaf follower having a projection en'a in the 'uide to direct the follower Y C b b D whereby when thefollower is drawn outwardly the drawer may be swung over against thefront face of the cabinet and supported by said follower against theside of the compartment. I

LOUIS F.

